Janet Graham Travell (December 17, 1901 – August 1, 1997)

On January 26, 1961, just about a week after his inauguration,
President John F. Kennedy appointed Janet Travell, 59, as
his personal physician, making her the first woman in history
to hold the post.

On January 26, 1979, “The Dukes of Hazzard,” a television
comedy about two cousins in the rural South and their
souped-up 1969 Dodge Charger known as the General Lee,
debuted on CBS.

The show was consistently among the top-viewed television
series in the late 1970s and early 1980s (at one point, ranking
second only to Dallas, which immediately followed the show
on CBS’s Friday night schedule).

“The Dukes of Hazzard” was known for its car chases
and stunts and the General Lee

On January 25, 1924, the first Winter Olympics began at
Chamonix in the French Alps. Spectators viewed the ski
jump and bobsled as well as 12 other events involving a
total of six sports.

On January 25, 1905, during a routine inspection of the Premier
Mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a mine superintendent made a
littering discovery: a 3,106-carat diamond. 

Weighing 1.33 pounds, and christened the “Cullinan,” it was
the largest diamond ever found.

Superintendent Frederick Wells was 18 feet below the earth’s
surface when he spotted a flash of starlight embedded in the
wall just above him. His discovery was presented that same
afternoon to Sir Thomas Cullinan, who owned the mine.

Inspired by a boy who came into his confectionery shop
and couldn’t decide between chocolate and ice cream,
Christian  K. Nelson combines the two, receiving a 
patent for the Eskimo Pie—originally marketed as
"I-Scream" bars.
     

      
it became a nationwide sensation, with 1922 sales
averaging one million units a day and earning Nelson
$2,000 daily in royalties.